“Another trouble with poetry - and I'm gonna stop the list at two - is the presence of presumptuousness in poetry, the sense you get in a poem that the poet takes for granted an interest on the reader's part in the poet's autobiographical life, in the poet's memories, problems, difficulties and even minor perceptions.” TwoProblemInterestMemoriesTroublePoetReaderPerceptionDifficultyListsGrantedMinors Author:Billy Collins
“There is a very palpable difference for me between some of my earlier songs and where my later work has gone. If I were making my dream set list for tonight's show, I'm probably not going to include a whole bunch of stuff from the album that I made when I was 23.” IfsMadeWholeShowsDreamSongStuffDifferencesGoneAlbumsListsBunchTonight Author:Mirah
“There are a lot of sources of information out there, so why don't you curate for yourself a list, like a real timeline of information, like the New York Times, or JetBlue, or your friends, or this comedian, or this guy who pretends to be a cat, or whatever it is, whatever entertains you, whatever you find useful.” RealGuyInformationNew YorkSourceCatListsComedianThis GuyNew York TimesTimelines Author:Biz Stone
“Often, my central challenge is figuring out how do I build trust, how do I acquaint people who've just endured some terrible event - losing their child to murder, say, or being sexually assaulted - with the bizarre and sometimes invasive nature of in-depth interviews that aren't just a quick list of ten questions?” PeopleChildrenSometimesChallengesEventsTerribleTenLosingMurderDepthListsInterviewsBizarreSexuallyTerrible Events Author:Sarah Stillman
“The first thing we can do as individuals and as communities, like a school or a university or a church, is cut our energy use. Do an energy audit or measure our carbon footprint using online carbon calculators that are free, easy, and cheap. Get a list of the ways that we can stop wasting so much energy and save money.” WayFirstsUseSchoolIndividualEnergyEasyCan DoCommunityChurchCuttingUniversityListsOnlineCarbonSaving MoneyFootprintCarbon FootprintCalculatorsEnergy Use Author:Katharine Hayhoe
“If you look at the list of the top wheat importers for 2010, almost half of them are Middle Eastern regimes: Egypt, Algeria, Iraq, Morocco, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Libya, and Tunisia. Egypt is the number-one importer of wheat in the entire world. Tunisia leads the entire world in per capita wheat consumption. So it's no wonder that the revolutions began with Tunisians waving baguettes in the streets and Egyptians wearing helmets made of bread.” IfsWorldLooksMadeNumbersHalfWonderStreetsMiddleRevolutionIraqListsBreadRegimesConsumptionEgyptEasternWheatArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudisHelmetLibyaMoroccoYemenTunisiaAlgeriaBaguettes Author:Annia Ciezadlo
“I've kind of achieved everything I thought that I never would, so I haven't really got a bucket list. But I really wanna go to loads of different places.” KindDifferentHavensListsLoadDifferent PlaceBucketsBucket List Author:Gabrielle Aplin
“Good writing, in my opinion, is writing that looks really easy, so easy that a person who has never written more than a grocery list might convince themself that they could also write a book. That being said, it's always a lot of work, as you know. And then there's this: you have no idea how many failed stories and novels I've attempted. I have files full of stories that didn't work for whatever reason.” KnowsWritingLooksPersonsSaidBookIdeasReasonStoriesMightEasyOpinionNovelWrittenListsNo IdeaConvinceNow And ThenFilesGroceriesGood WritingGrocery Lists Author:Mary J. Miller
“My bucket list is pretty much checked off. But oh, we should play in space! Let's do that. We'll play in space, up on a satellite somewhere.” ShouldPlaySpaceListsBucketsSatellitesBucket List Author:Patrick Stump
“I'm always reading. And I keep a whole list of stories, often unusual stories. There are a hundred some-odd ideas on that list.” IdeasWholeStoriesReadingHundredListsOddUnusual Author:Joshuah Bearman
“The collaboration wish list is huge, very long. It goes from people like Elton John, for whom I have an unbelievable amount of respect, to Snoop Dogg, whom I also respect a great deal.” PeopleLongWishDealsHugeAmountListsCollaborationUnbelievable Author:Dave Koz
“Most of us, if we are truly honest with ourselves, have an ever-evolving and ever-growing list of what we think we must change in order to be at peace or to be happy.” IfsThinkingOrderGrowingHonestListsEvolve Author:Lee L Jampolsky
“I'm addicted to working. I mean, I have a list of 100 countries I want to play in. I'm basically killing myself by travelling so much, for no reason whatsoever.” WantMeanCountryReasonPlayKillingListsNo ReasonKilling Myself Author:Elton John
“I had one really memorable line. It was all the words you're not allowed to say on the airwaves, so it's one long list of swear words. I knew it anyway, because I was a huge George Carlin fan.” LongLinesFansHugeListsMemorableSwearSwear Word Author:Peter Jacobson
“My last book was speculative. I just don't quite know what I am doing. But I'll get there. I have a list of things I would love to write.” KnowsWritingBookLastsLists Author:Jami Attenberg
“I haven't hit the bestseller list, but I consider myself one of the luckiest writers in the world, and this is mainly because of Grub Street.” WorldStreetsHavensLists Author:Christopher Castellani
“We got the best actors imaginable [in Kung Fu Panda]. If we could have made a wish list I don't think there would anyone else we would have added. Yeah, we've been blessed with exactly how amazing a cast of actors we have. To have someone like Bryan Cranston, who is not just an amazing actor, but who has such a range.” IfsThinkingMadeActorsWishYeahBlessedCastsListsRangeBryanKung FuPandasKung Fu Panda Author:Jennifer Yuh Nelson
“As a publisher what you are trying to build is a long life for a book, to help it find its readers in many different ways, whether or not it made this list or got that review, etc. I'm sure some of that thinking has been useful to me as a writer as well.” ThinkingWayTryingWellsLongHas BeensMadeBookDifferentHelpingReaderListsDifferent WaysEtcReviewsPublishersLong Life Author:Danielle Dutton
“I would love to go to India. And also someday, I want to have a family. That's my bucket-list.” WantIndiaListsSomedayBucketsBucket List Author:Kacey Musgraves
“Every time I meet an ambassador, I bring to the a table a list of NGOs I think are acting against Israel, promoting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) or denouncing our soldiers. I ask from them to stop contributing to these specific NGOs. But, unfortunately, it does not help. I do not want countries that are friends of ours to contribute to such organizations.” ThinkingWantDoeCountryHelpingAsksActingOrganizationTablesSoldierIsraelListsPromotingSanctionsContributingAmbassadorsBoycott Author:Ayelet Shaked
“I toyed with making portraits based on people's discarded shopping lists found on the street, or old diaries bought on eBay, or other forms of borrowed stories. When I stumbled across the Missed Connections listings, I knew immediately I'd found it.” PeopleStoriesFormFoundStreetsConnectionsListsShoppingPortraitsDiariesBorrowedDiscardedEbayMissed Connections Author:Sophie Blackall
“I admired the earnestness of these people, many of whom had joined Greenpeace and marched for noble things in their youth. But I didn’t share their hatred of the establishment. After all, the establishment had given me so many of my favorite things: Nick at Nite, the New York Knicks, Stephen King, Taco Bell, Green Day. The list went on and on.” PeopleGivenShareNew YorkYouthKingsHatredGreenMy FavoriteNobleListsEstablishmentBellsFavorites ThingsEarnestnessTacosKnicksTaco BellGreenpeace Author:Simon Rich
“I guess, on my list, going back to some old American stuff and British stuff that I used to love in the '80s, would be a British show called Dad's Army, which recently just turned into a movie.” ShowsWould BeUsedStuffDadArmyBritishLists80sUsed To Love Author:Rhys Darby
“I keep a notebook of the things I need to get done in a day, week, month along with my overarching goals. Whenever I have a couple moments on set or on a plane, I work on ticking off my to-do list.” NeedsDoneMomentsGoalWeekMonthsCoupleListsPlanesNotebook Author:Karlie Kloss
“It's hard for me to believe that just my words on the page are enough. I ought to be out physically keeping abortion safe and legal, restoring the Fourth Amendment, getting clean water back into Kentucky since the Bush Administration has allowed strip miners to fill it all up with slag. The list is endless. Bring it down. Make it small. Make it one thing that you can do. It's very hard for me to remember that.” BelieveHardEnoughRememberWaterCan DoOne ThingOughtSafePagesCleanListsEndlessAdministrationAbortionAmendmentsFourthYou Can Do ItRestoringKentuckyMinersClean WaterFourth AmendmentSlag Author:Sara Paretsky
“I think that since I've had the baby, who's almost two, it's a work-hard-play-hard. Imake a lot of lists, I'm very scheduled, which is hard sometimes, but it keeps me organized - I know Now I can play or Now I've got to work.” ThinkingKnowsI CanTwoSometimesHardPlayHard WorkBabyListsOrganizedPlay HardWork Hard Play Hard Author:Molly Sims
“We always knew that we wanted to keep Atlantis off for a while and when it did show up, to make it a big story. The goal for Aquaman was to position him as an A-list character; position him as an important member of the Justice League.” ImportantCharacterStoriesShowsBigsWantedGoalJusticePositionMembersListsLeagueAtlantisJustice League Author:Geoff Johns
“I don't strive for balance. I just try to get through my to-do list, with my kids' homework being at the top of it, and then try to prepare for the next audition or whatever scene I'm shooting next. Balance.” TryingKidsNextBalanceSceneStriveListsShootingAuditionsHomework Author:Adina Porter
“A new thing I've been doing is just making sure I clear off my desk and try to only touch a piece of paper once, so I get the mail, open it up, deal with it then. My son's homework, or what I get from his teachers, the same way. That way, it's not nagging me, things to add to my to-do list.” WayTryingDealsClearTeacherPiecesSonPaperAddListsMy SonMailNew ThingsDesksHomeworkNagging Author:Adina Porter
“My booking agent, of course, here and overseas, their tendency is to want to build on a certain kind of measurable success, and I was thinking yesterday, what I'd like to do is maybe start to compile a list of the best 200 to 500 capacity rooms around the world and just start going to them again and again and again.” ThinkingWorldWantKindCertainCoursesRoomsCapacityListsYesterdayTendenciesAgentsAround The WorldAgain And Again Author:Will Oldham
“The depth of talent in Israel is just spectacular. I was very excited by it because when you cast in LA, you tend to see a lot of the same faces on lists for various parts.” FacesTalentDepthCastsVariousIsraelExcitedListsSpectacularSame Face Author:Tim Kring
“You have weak artificial intelligence, which is a robot or a computer system that follows a list of protocols and it's like yes/no answers that can be as complex as you want, and then you have strong A.I., which is basically like a human, like something that can think up a thought that's never been thought up or paint a painting or write a poem.” ThinkingWantWritingHumansStrongAnswersPaintingComputerWeakComplexesPaintListsArtificial IntelligenceArtificialRobotsLike SomethingProtocolComputer Systems Author:Neill Blomkamp
“So I'm here, and not being one for missed opportunities, I made a list of the casting directors in New York and mark off the ones I've already met over the years. The few remaining I asked my agent and manager, "See if you can set up some meetings while I'm here."” IfsYearsMadeOpportunityNew YorkMetsDirectorsMarkMeetingsListsAgentsManagersCastingMissed OpportunityCasting Directors Author:William Mapother
“Utopians don't say, 'The world's corrupt, women make less money, people of color are oppressed at every turn.' You don't list the problems of the world; you describe a world in which those things aren't the case. The critique is implicit and as a result it's kind of a positive critique. You're not listing what's bad, but rather what would be good - you're oriented toward this positive vision.” PeopleWorldKindProblemWould BeTurnsResultsVisionCasesColorBe GoodListsOppressedCritiqueImplicit Author:Christine Jennings
“As long as a certain problem primarily affects a different country, in this case Italy, one might not put it at the very top of one's list of priorities.” LongDifferentCountryProblemMightCertainCasesListsPrioritiesDifferent Countries Author:Paolo Gentiloni
“I think it's a broader target list than just Wall Street, and I believe that we have to be very focused on how we try to take back the power and increase the empowerment of the American people. And, I think I have that kind of experience, maybe because they've beat me up for so many years, and I know exactly how to handle them because I've been in the arena with them time and time again.” PeopleThinkingKnowsTryingYearsBelieveKindI BelieveStreetsWallBeatsEmpowermentIncreaseFocusedListsHandleTargetArena Author:Hillary Clinton
“It's always fun to see where my journey takes me and how sometimes what's not on the list is so much better than what you could have imagined.” SometimesFunJourneyListsTake MeMy Journey Author:Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer
“As a young actor, there's a very small group of kids, just a handful. As you get older, all of a sudden, there's a bunch of guys your age that work. It's a very different experience when you used to be on the short list because you were young and there's only so many kids that can do the work and then all of a sudden you're in your twenties and thirties and there's a whole bunch of guys that can do your work.” DifferentWholeKidsAgeYoungUsedGuyActorsCan DoGroupsTwentiesListsBunchUsed To BeWorking ItHandfulSmall GroupsYoung ActorsDifferent Experiences Author:Ricky Schroder
“Establish a closing ritual. Know when to stop working. Try to end each work day the same way, too. Straighten up your desk. Back up your computer. Make a list of what you need to do tomorrow.” KnowsWayNeedsTryingEndsTomorrowComputerListsRitualDesksClosingWork Day Author:Daniel Kahneman
“If you go through the list of things that are not possible you're left with a very finite amount of possibilities. The fancy name for this is constraint theory. It's a nonquantitative model, but it's a field of mathematics.” IfsNamesLeftFieldsPossibilityTheoryAmountModelsMathematicsListsFancyFiniteConstraints Author:George Friedman
“I've had friends get mad at me for not posting what they think I should post on Instagram on behalf of them or our relation. I've had people question my "integrity" based off of something I didn't post on social media, the list goes on. It's mind boggling.” PeopleThinkingShouldMindSocialMediaGoes OnIntegrityRelationMadSocial MediaListsPostsBehalfInstagramMind Boggling Author:Aeriel Miranda
“Current education in science treats all students as if they were going to have scientific careers. They are required to solve problems and memorize lists. For many of them, this kills interest very quickly.” IfsProblemInterestCareersStudentsTreatsCurrentsSolveLists Author:Philip Kitcher
“There's a lot of money being generated by nerds right now. Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, the list goes on and on. Nerds make more money than our government. And with money comes power.” GovernmentGoes OnRight NowMarkBillsListsGatesMore MoneyLots Of MoneyNerdZuckerberg Author:Chris Hardwick
“The toughest are people mistakes, when you put the wrong person in a job. Sometimes you're too slow to move them out. Or not getting the right people involved to solve a problem, or doing something out of anger; you learn, just don't do that. But I'd have to say the Whale was one of them, and I would also have to put Bear Stearns and Washington Mutual on the list at this point.” PeoplePersonsSometimesProblemJobsMovingMistakeBearsInvolvedSolveListsMutualWhalesWrong Person Author:Jamie Dimon
“I can sit and list off all the things that are being worked on and all the things that are on the table, but that will take away all the surprises that are going to come. There are so many explosive, exciting things that are happening. Everybody that is in my life and in my world now has something to do with what I do.” WorldI CanHappeningsExcitingTablesSurpriseListsExplosivesExciting Things Author:Shane Bunting
“My tastes range all over the place, from vocal standards to Motown to 70s funk & soul to 80s pop to film scores to artists like R.E.M., Ben Folds, Prince, Annie Lennox, the Police, Elvis Costello, Cat Stevens, the Ditty Bops, local bands that friends of mine are in, and the list goes on... I have no single favorite genre or artist.” SoulFilmArtistMinesGoes OnTasteBandStandardsCatPolicePopsListsLocalsGenreRangeScore80sVocalFoldsFunkAnnieMotownBopsFilm Scores Author:Stephanie D'Abruzzo
“I did my BA in English lit, and hated the restriction - I'd always read more in translation than not; coming from a working-class background, what I knew of as British literature - the writers who made big prize lists and/or were stocked in WH Smith, Doncaster's only bookshop until I was 17 - seemed incredibly, alienatingly middle-class. Then in 2009, just after the financial crash, I graduated with no more specific skill than 'can analyse a bit of poetry'.” MadeBigsLiteratureBitsClassMiddleSkillsFinancialBritishListsBackgroundsHatedMiddle ClassPrizeCrashWorking ClassLitTranslationsRestrictionBookshops Author:Deborah Smith
“I suspected learning a language would be both useful and enjoyable (I love memorising lists of things), and would get rid of the embarrassment of being monolingual at 21. I'd been obsessed with reading for as long as I could remember, the only thing I'd ever thought I might want to be was a writer, but I was much better at crafting sentences than at stringing plots together.” WantLongMightWould BeTogetherRememberReadingLanguageSentencesListsObsessedPlotEnjoyableEmbarrassmentLearning Language Author:Deborah Smith
“Our first-year list is Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay (translated by Arunava Sinha), Hwang Jung-eun (translated by Jung Yewon), and Khairani Barokka.” YearsFirstsListsJung Author:Deborah Smith